The 2019 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-three road cycling events throughout the 2019 women's cycling season. It was the fourth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with the Strade Bianche on 9 March and concluded with the Tour of Guangxi on 22 October.[1]
| Fourth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 March – 22 October 2019 |
| Location | |
| Races | 23 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion | Marianne Vos (Netherlands) (CCC Liv) |
| Teams' champion | Boels–Dolmans |
After just missing out in 2018, Marianne Vos (CCC Liv) clinched her first UCI Women's World Tour title after a third-place finish in the final event of the season, the Tour of Guangxi. Vos, who finished with 1592 points, took three overall victories during the season at Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, La Course by Le Tour de France and the Ladies Tour of Norway and podiumed at three further events. 2018 winner Annemiek van Vleuten of the Mitchelton–Scott team led the standings for the majority of the season, but was surpassed by Vos at the final event; van Vleuten's tally of 1467.67 points included a trio of victories at Strade Bianche, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Giro Rosa and three second-place finishes in the month of April. The top-three overall was completed by the season's best young rider, Parkhotel Valkenburg's Lorena Wiebes on 1302.33 points. Wiebes took two overall victories during the season; she was the benefactor of Kirsten Wild's disqualification from victory at the Prudential RideLondon Classique, while at the Tour of Chongming Island, Wiebes won all three stages, as well as the general, points and young rider classifications. From the 22 individual events, a total of 12 riders won races while the World Tour lead changed five times between van Vleuten, Vos and Marta Bastianelli (Team Virtu Cycling).
With 46 points, Wiebes was the winner of the youth classification for riders under the age of 23. Wiebes took seven victories during the season including three consecutive races at the Prudential RideLondon Classique, the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden race and the Ladies Tour of Norway. Second place went to Valcar–Cylance rider Marta Cavalli with 42 points, who won four races during the 2019 season. In the World Tour's other classification, the teams classification, Boels–Dolmans made it four consecutive titles with a total of 4045 points; three of their riders – Anna van der Breggen (three wins), Amy Pieters and Christine Majerus (one win) – all finished inside the top-ten of the individual standings. They finished well clear of second-place Team Sunweb on 2946 points – who failed to take an overall victory – and the new-for-2019 Trek–Segafredo team, who took three victories, finished third with 2547.98 points.
Teams edit
For the 2019 season the following teams were not listed by the UCI at UCI Women's team level: Alasayl Cycling Team, Cylance Pro Cycling, Experza–Footlogix, S.C. Michela Fanini Rox, Storey Racing, UnitedHealthcare and Wiggle High5.
Events edit
For the 2019 season, the calendar consisted of 23 races, down from 24 in 2018.
Points standings edit
For the 2019 season, the point-scoring system introduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2018, rewarding the top 40 riders remained in place.
Individual edit
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.
Youth edit
The top three riders in the final results of each World Tour event's young rider classification received points towards the standings. Six points were awarded to first place, four points to second place and two points to third place.
| Youth rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 |  Lorena Wiebes (NED) 
|
Parkhotel Valkenburg | 46 |
| 2 |  Marta Cavalli (ITA)
|
Valcar–Cylance | 42 |
| 3 | Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)
|
Team Virtu Cycling | 22 |
| 4 |  Évita Muzic (FRA)
|
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 22 |
| 5 | Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
|
Valcar–Cylance | 20 |
| 6 | Juliette Labous (FRA)
|
Team Sunweb | 16 |
| 7 |  Paula Patiño (COL)
|
Movistar Team | 10 |
| 8 | Letizia Paternoster (ITA)
|
Trek–Segafredo | 10 |
| 9 | Chiara Consonni (ITA)
|
Valcar–Cylance | 8 |
| 10 |  Liane Lippert (GER)
|
Team Sunweb | 8 |
| 11 |  Pernille Mathiesen (DNK)
|
Team Sunweb | 6 |
| 12 |  Nikola Nosková (CZE)
|
Bigla Pro Cycling | 6 |
| 13 |  Ella Harris (NZL)
|
Canyon–SRAM | 6 |
| 14 |  Hanna Tserakh (BLR)
|
Minsk Cycling Club | 4 |
| 15 | Maaike Boogaard (NED)
|
BTC City Ljubljana | 4 |
| 16 | Mikayla Harvey (NZL)
|
Bigla Pro Cycling | 4 |
| 17 |  Susanne Andersen (NOR)
|
Team Sunweb | 4 |
| 18 | Amber van der Hulst (NED)
|
Netherlands (national team) | 4 |
| 19 | Franziska Koch (GER)
|
Team Sunweb | 4 |
| 20 | Katia Ragusa (ITA)
|
Bepink | 4 |
| 27 riders have scored points | |||
| Source:[3] | |||
Team edit
Team rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of all the riders of a team in the table.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ Van Vleuten was given a five-point sanction,[5] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Listed by the UCI on 2058.65 points, missing Roxane Knetemann's points.
- ^ a b Not listed by the UCI.
- ^ Listed by the UCI on 1557.35 points, missing Kathrin Hammes' points.
- ^ Ensing scored 53 points with Team Sunweb prior to leaving the team in May 2019. Ensing then joined WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling later that month, and all points were transferred.
- ^ Pirrone was given a five-point sanction,[6] as per Article 2.12.007 of the UCI road racing regulations.
- ^ Heine's tally includes 5 points earned at the Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden race, where Hitec Products–Birk Sport were not competing.
References edit
- ^ "UCI Women's WorldTour". www.uci.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01.
- ^ "Women's WorldTour Ranking – 2019: Individual Ranking (22/10/2019)". UCI Women's World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Women's WorldTour Youth Ranking – 2019: (22/10/2019)". UCI Women's World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Women's WorldTour Ranking – 2019: Team Ranking (22/10/2019)". UCI Women's World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek (MTS)". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "PIRRONE Elena (VAL)". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
